Wendsday New birds: E. Kingbird on the shore of Quigley Lake. Swainson's Thrush (FOY) Ham Lake, Anoka Co. They have been avoiding me. Cliff Swallows flock (100+) starting to build nests at Lifetouch corp headquarters on Viking Drive just east of Prairie Center Drive on the shore of Smetana Lake in Eden Prairie. I was told that they made such a mess last year that they cleaned out the nests. I told the receptionist that the nests were protected once the birds were occupied. Other finds: Sand Hill Crane feeding in a bare field along Viking Drive where it swings around Swan Lake in Oak Grove (Anoka Co). This bird was so brown that it almost blended in.
One of my neighbors was upset about a Red-bellied Woodpecker cleaning out the nest of a Chickadee: " He just flew in , stuck his head in the hole and started to pull stuff from the house. The chickadee was fluttering his wings and screaming at the redbelly. I knocked on the window and tried to discourage it but it just kept ripping the bedding out of the house. I could take it no longer so I opened the window and hollered at the the red belly and then he finally flew off leaving the chickadee bewildered and very angry. The female was screaming also at first but then she flew off. He stuck around. I went out and picked up the stuffing and put it on the railing thinking he would put the stuff back in the house but after a bit he too took off. A very sad story. I mean a wren had already ripped his first attempt at a home apart. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
